The Personal Growth Centre has helped me to calmly and objectively listen to myself and has improved my ability to recognize helpful thoughts and to quickly weed out habits or programmes that are no longer useful to me.
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Facilitators
 

James Thurston

Bobby Fielding

 Kelly Burnett

About the founder of LifeStream, James Holden Quinn

 

 

 

 

James Thurston has facilitated workshops and seminars for The Personal Growth Centre since 2003.  A dynamic and versatile presenter, James is also a corporate CPR and First Aid trainer, who consistently delivers energetic, humorous, entertaining and informative classes in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.  
 
An alumnus of Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, James earned his Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997, majoring in English and Philosophy, with a minor in Sociology.  With a flare for writing and poetry, James authored an article published in an international magazine distributed in over 100 countries and translated into 4 languages.  James is also compiling a book of his own verse for future publication.
 
A member of Toastmasters International since September 2005, James has won several awards for speech giving and impromptu speaking.  James has participated in club, area, division and district competitions, winning the Division D International Speech Competition in 2008.    
     

 

 

Bobby Fielding has been facilitating experiential trainings with the Personal Growth Centre since 2000 and has presented workshops with The Learning Annex, Nexeus Exchange, Canadian Institute of Management - Hamilton Branch, and the Centre for Conscious Living. He is an active member of Toastmasters International and an Advanced Toastmaster club member. During his career at IBM since 1985, he has had opportunity to present at various trade shows and technical conference meetings. He is currently a database language architect, author of a number of technical papers and technical owner of two key reference manuals. Bobby plays guitar, sings, composes and has directed 4-part harmony choirs since 1987. Communication and continued improvement are key to Bobby's success.
     

  Kelly Burnett is the facilitator for the children's programme, Rainbow Connection.

Kelly Burnett is the President of Calyx Consulting and Senior Instructor. She is the author of the Calyx communication workshops and has trained business people to improve their presentation and communication skills since 1988.

Kelly is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, England, a certified NLP Practitioner and a graduate of International NLP Trainers Training. She is also an experienced actress, director and playwright.

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